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Tu Sais, Mon Vieux Jean-Pierre: Essays on the Archaeology and History of New France and Canadian Culture in Honour of Jean-Pierre Chrestien (Mercury)
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Paperback. Tu sais, mon vieux Jean-Pierre offers a series of essays on the archaeology and history of New France, and sets out to dispense with old-fashioned and facile generalizations and get down to the business of understanding real people and their possessions in context. Editor(s): Willis, John. Series: Mercury. Num Pages: 448 pages, 112. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 1KBCF; HDD; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171. .
Tu sais, mon vieux Jean-Pierre is inspired by the work of archaeologist Jean-Pierre Chrestien (1949-2007), who worked hand-in-glove with a generation of researchers in helping to unearth unexpected and always interesting aspects of New France. Contributions focus first upon the door to New France in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Acadia. A second set of essays move further up the St. Lawrence and into the heartland of the continent. The final section examines aspects of Canadian culture: popular art, religion and communication. The essays share a curiosity for material culture, a careful regard for detail and nuance that ... Read more
Tu sais, mon vieux Jean-Pierre is inspired by the work of archaeologist Jean-Pierre Chrestien (1949-2007), who worked hand-in-glove with a generation of researchers in helping to unearth unexpected and always interesting aspects of New France. Contributions focus first upon the door to New France in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Acadia. A second set of essays move further up the St. Lawrence and into the heartland of the continent. The final section examines aspects of Canadian culture: popular art, religion and communication. The essays share a curiosity for material culture, a careful regard for detail and nuance that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Mercury
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Ottawa, Canada
ISBN
9780776624570
SKU
V9780776624570
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About Willis
John Willis is Curator of Economic History at the Canadian Museum of History. A graduate of Universite Laval, with a doctorate in historical geography, Dr. Willis has worked on the history of labour relations, the mail-order catalogue, postal communication, migration and industrialization. His current work focuses on the history of the Canadian-American border. He is editor of the Mercury Series ... Read more
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